10 Keys to Improve Recruitment and Retention of a Diverse Staff
WebinarIn this webinar, we will discuss proven strategies to attract and retain diverse journalists in your newsroom.
100 Ideas to Make Your Journalism Better
WebinarImprove your writing, your digital skills, your visual storytelling and more in this special Poynter faculty event to celebrate our 100th Webinar.
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9 Ways to Edit Yourself (or Anyone Else)
WebinarLearn how nine simple tips can help you edit just about anything in a systematic way.
9 Ways You Drive Readers Away (And 9 Tips to Keep Them Reading)
WebinarUse these strategies to make sure the readers you've drawn in to your writing aren't driven away.
A Guide to Difficult Conversations
WebinarYou can’t be too nice to have a tough conversation. Learn how to be strategic and carry out difficult conversations with confidence.
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Access Denied: Your Rights When Government Shuts Media Out
WebinarThe media has a First Amendment right to be treated without discrimination based on the content of its reporting. Do you know your rights? Find out in this FREE webinar.
Advice for the Newly Named News Director
Self-Directed CourseTips, strategies and advice from veteran news directors to anyone stepping into the position.
After the Texas Shooting: What Journalists Need to Know About Guns and Ammo
WebinarIn the wake of multiple mass shootings, learn the basics of key gun laws and the vocabulary of weapons and ammunition in this FREE webinar..
Analytics 101: Understanding Digital Metrics
Self-Directed CourseLearn about digital analytics: how to interpret and apply them to real-world situations.
Audience Analytics for Journalists
Self-Directed CourseLearn how to integrate an analytics strategy into your busy schedule and change content creation and publication habits accordingly.
Audience Growth and Digital Content Strategies (Gannett 2015)
Self-Directed CourseYour guide to key strategies for your digital content that can help your organization improve its digital presence and grow audience.
Avoiding Plagiarism and Fabrication
Self-Directed CoursePlagiarism and fabrication scandals can destroy careers and damage news organizations' credibility. Learn how to detect and avoid these legal and ethical lapses.
Best Feature Ideas: SFJ’s Show and Share
WebinarLooking for fresh approaches for your storytelling? Get great ideas from the winners of the Society for Features Journalism’s 2013 awards.
Best Practices for Reporting on Mass Shootings
WebinarHope it never happens, but be prepared. Learn to cover mass shootings in a way that is least harmful to your community.
Best Practices for Using Eyewitness Footage
WebinarSurveillance video, terrorist executions and other graphic footage can need special care. Learn the questions to ask in this webinar.
Best Practices for Working with Citizen Journalists
WebinarLearn how to best collaborate with people who contribute user-generated content to your news organization.
Beyond the Byline: A Journalist's Guide to Personal Branding
WebinarLearn why and how to effectively build your personal brand as a freelance or full-time journalist.
Beyond the Inverted Pyramid: Creating Alternative Story Forms
Self-Directed CourseWrite, edit and present information that engages time-crunched readers.
Beyond the Noise: Covering the Health Care Law
WebinarFind focus in your reporting and enhance your understanding of the Affordable Care Act.
Big Ideas with a Payoff for Your Newsroom
WebinarLearn what products, processes and projects are working in newsrooms these days.
Break Through the Noise: SEO and Online Content Sharing for PR and Marketing
WebinarLearn to increase content visibility through an integrated marketing plan that catches readers’ eyes without compromising style and ethics.
Build and Engage Local Audiences Online
Self-Directed CourseGet to know your local online audience and see what the power of local content can mean for you.
Build and Monetize Reader Relationships with Parse.ly: A Digital Tools Tutorial
WebinarLearn what data can tell you about your readers, and how you can use that to create products that they’re willing to pay for
Build Interactive Data Visualizations with Tableau Public: A Digital Tools Tutorial
WebinarLearn to create rich data visualizations using Tableau Public in this intensive two-hour FREE webinar
Building Strong, Profitable Relationships with Digital Audiences
WebinarTurn digital users into customers and create strong, profitable relationships that serve and engage your audience.
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Building Trust on Facebook
WebinarSee what 14 newsrooms learned when they used their social platforms to experiment with trust-building strategies in this FREE webinar.
Business Models and Strategies (Gannett 2015)
Self-Directed CourseHow digital-only sales and services can boost revenue and help you stay competitive in the digital world.
Challenging Conversations: A Step-by-Step Guide for Great Bosses
WebinarGet concrete tips to avoid conflicts, resolve problems and improve performance among your team.
Changing Workflow to Create a Mobile First Newsroom
WebinarPreparing your newsroom to best serve the growing mobile audience.
Clarity is Key: Making Writing Clean and Concise
WebinarLearn to clarify and streamline your writing by using straightforward words and stronger nouns and verbs.
Cleaning Your Copy: Grammar, Style and More
Self-Directed CourseFinding and fixing the most common style, grammar and punctuation errors.
Coaching Tomorrow's Journalists
Self-Directed CourseWorking with teen journalists can be a challenge. Find the assistance and resources you need in this course.
Coaching Writers: 7 Questions Every Editor Should Ask
WebinarCoaching a writer requires that you know how they work. This Webinar explains how to interview a writer in order to coach her effectively.
Color in News Design
Self-Directed CourseLearn how the visual elements of color, contrast and dimension complement the written word.
Copy Editor Essentials: What You Should Know in Your Sleep
WebinarReview the essentials that make a great copy editor great – or make a writer an editor’s best friend.
Core Skills for the 21st Century Journalist
WebinarLearn what makes a journalist successful; what skills, attributes, and knowledge areas are important. Based on the findings of Poynter's 2014 report, Core Skills for the Future of Journalism
Covering a Presidential Campaign from Outside the Beltway
WebinarGet ideas for developing smart coverage of national campaigns that’s meaningful for your audience in this FREE Webinar.
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Covering Cannabis
Self-Directed CourseTake this course to learn the proper terms, legal definitions and resources for reporting responsibly on cannabis.
Covering Drones in U.S. Airspace and in Your Community
WebinarHow to tackle the privacy and safety issues around the rising use of drones by law enforcement, companies and others.
Covering Hate and Extremism, From the Fringes to the Mainstream: An Overview from the Southern Poverty Law Center
WebinarThis FREE webinar will canvass the current hate group and antigovernment landscape, discuss how the SPLC identifies hate groups and examine key factors driving the growth of hate and extremism.